The young man must store up, the old man must use.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROur plans miscarry because they have no aim.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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